 | From the Outside In: Suburban Elites, Third-Sector Organizations, and the Reshaping of Philadelphia Subjects: Regionalism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Metropolitan Area; Nonprofit organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Metropolitan Area; City planning -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Metropolitan Area; Urban renewal -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Metrop; Carolyn T. Adams addresses the role of suburban elites in setting development agendas for urban municipalities and their larger metropolitan regions. She shows how major nongovernmental, nonmarket institutions are taking responsibility for reshaping Philadelphia. Carolyn T. Adams is Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. She is the author of The Politics of Capital Investment and coauthor most recently of Restructuring the Philadelphia Region . |
